Subject: Guidance for Education and Public Outreach (EPO) Activities Under
Sequestration

. . . Effective immediately, all education and public outreach activities
should be suspended, pending further review. In terms of scope, this
includes all public engagement and outreach events, programs,
activities, and products developed and implemented by Headquarters,
Mission Directorates, and Centers across the Agency, including all
education and public outreach efforts conducted by programs and
projects.
The scope comprises activities intended to communicate, connect with,
and engage a wide and diverse set of audiences to raise awareness and
involvement in NASA, its goals, missions and programs, and to develop an
appreciation for, exposure to, and involvement in STEM. Audiences
include employees, partners, educators, students, and members of the
general public. The scope encompasses, but is not limited to:

Programs, events, and workshops.

Permanent and traveling exhibits, signage, and other materials.

Speeches, presentations, and appearances, with the exception of
technical presentations by researchers at scientific and technical
symposia.

Video and multimedia products in development (and renewal of existing
products). Web and social media sites in development (excludes operational
sites).

External and internal publications, with the exception of Scientific
and Technical Information as defined by NPD 2200.1B.

Any other activity whose goal is to reach out to external and
internal stakeholders and the public concerning NASA, its programs, and
activities.

SUBJECT: Instructions for Waiver from Guidance and Additional
information for Education and Public Outreach Activities Under
Sequestration

I am providing additional information and instructions regarding the
review of public outreach activities under sequestration as outlined in
the memorandum from the NASA Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Staff
dated March 22, 2013.

First, I am exempting the following activities from immediate suspension:

Waiver of these activites does not provide permission for an emplyee to attend or participated in these activities. Individual employees must still meet the following criteria. . .

which says nothing about the contractors who are involved in most of these activities.

Oh yes, NASA Public Affairs is being very shy about the last memo. According to NASAWatch

NASA PAO has decline to provde a copy of this letter and has said that I
need to file a FOIA request in order to get it. I have filed the FOIA
request. This usually takes weeks although they could expedite this.

Eli has been awaiting this sort of stuff ever since Disney bought the Star War's franchise. It's definitely Star War Time.

Meanwhile the elephants at NASA headquarters (SLS, MPCV, Webb et al.) will continue to stomp down everything at NASA headquarters for at least another three and a half years. The dumbing down of the NASA rank and file civil servants over the last several decades has finally elevated the problem above the noise.

NASA lost $1.2 billion due to sequestration. Of course, they are flapping around, you would if you household suddenly took a big dent.Bernard J., if you are referring to Roy's data that wasn't at the positions they thought, once the orbit was corrected, the temperature decline vanished. Elementary space science, not only did they flunk it, but they trumpeted it into a grand discovery.

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Eli Rabett, a not quite failed professorial techno-bunny who finally handed in the keys and retired from his wanna be research university. The students continue to be naive but great people and the administrators continue to vary day-to-day between homicidal and delusional without Eli's help. Eli notices from recent political developments that this behavior is not limited to administrators. His colleagues retain their curious inability to see the holes that they dig for themselves. Prof. Rabett is thankful that they, or at least some of them occasionally heeded his pointing out the implications of the various enthusiasms that rattle around the department and school. Ms. Rabett is thankful that Prof. Rabett occasionally heeds her pointing out that he is nuts.